#zimbabwe

#zimbabwe

Can you explain how you fall in love? asks Erica Azim. In a certain way it's an impossible question. Yet it's a conundrum the Berkeley native has contemplated for half a century, every time she's asked about her abiding passion for mbira, which is both the traditional music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe and the thumb piano-like instrument that's the primary medium for their celebrations and ceremonies.

Chapungu Sculpture Park, the largest outdoor art center in the United States devoted to Zimbabwean stone sculpture, features 82 hand-carved stone sculptures by Zimbabwean artists, reflecting community and ancestral roots.